[=Additional means of egress when inundation is probable.=] At any mine where there is a stream or body of water on the surface, or in the workings of a mine, at a higher level, which is likely to break through into such mine and inundate either the traveling or escapement way of such mine, so as to prevent the egress of persons employed therein, the owner, lessee or agent, shall, upon the written order of the chief inspector of mines, provide and maintain an additional opening by means of which such persons may escape without using the traveling or escapement way likely to be inundated. (Sec. 950; Penalty, Sec. 976.)

Sec. 933. [=Duties of owner, lessee or agent relating to supplying timber.=] The owner, lessee or agent of a mine shall keep an adequate supply of suitable timber constantly on hand, and deliver to the working place of each miner, the props of approximate length, caps and other timbers necessary to securely prop the roof thereof:  Such props, caps, and other timbers, shall be delivered in mine cars at point where the miner receives his empty cars, or unloaded at the entrance to the room. (Sec. 953, 956; Penalty, Sec. 976.)

Sec. 934. [=Provisions for persons injured at mines.=] The owner, lessee or agent of a mine at, in or around which, more than ten persons are employed, shall furnish for each thirty-five men so employed a properly constructed stretcher, a woolen blanket, a waterproof blanket, a sufficient quantity of bandages and linen and such other necessary requisites for use in case of accident as may from time to time be prescribed by the industrial commission of Ohio.  At mines generating fire-damp so as to be detected by a safety lamp, a sufficient quantity of olive or linseed oil shall be kept for use in emergencies.  It shall be the duty of each mine foreman to keep in a safe and dry place in the territory over which he has charge such stretchers, woolen and waterproof blankets and other supplies.  He shall care for the same and keep them in a dry and sanitary condition always ready for use. (Sec. 907, 921, 940, 951; Penalty, Sec. 976.)

Sec. 934-1. [=Owner, lessee or agent shall provide and maintain wash room.=] Every owner, operator, lessee or agent of a coal mine, where ten or more persons are employed, shall provide and keep in repair a wash room, convenient to the principal mine entrance, adequate for the accommodation of the employes, for the purpose of washing and changing their clothes when entering and returning from the mine.  Such wash room shall be properly lighted and heated, supplied with warm and cold water and adequate and proper facilities for washing purposes.

Sec. 934-1a. [=Penalty.=] Whoever, being the owner, operator, lessee or agent of a coal mine where ten or more persons are employed, fails or neglects, after ninety days from the taking effect of this act, to comply with the provisions of section 934-1 of the General Code, or violates any of the provisions thereof, shall be fined not less than two hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.